IllegitimacyIllegitimacySun, 15 Sep 2019 11:55:34 +0000Sun, 15 Sep 2019 11:55:34 +0000Genealogy Specialistshttps://www.genealogy-specialists.com/forums/illegitimacy.373/
A bit of a long shotTue, 30 Jul 2019 22:23:24 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/a-bit-of-a-long-shot.10721/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/a-bit-of-a-long-shot.10721/invalid@example.com (annabel)annabel
If I'm right, how can I find out the name of the child? I don't know the name of the mother. I know that this is the reverse of the normal way of looking, how can I find anything that might have his name on?

Its Charles Watson of Shedfield, Droxford, Hants who I'm...

A bit of a long shot]]>4Baptism RecordWed, 19 Jun 2019 07:19:03 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/baptism-record.10625/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/baptism-record.10625/invalid@example.com (Archie's Mum)Archie's Mum
What a horrible little man. I know we do laugh about these notes in columns but some are quite horrid by today’s standards. Sorry . Just venting.]]>2Illegitimacy ResearchFri, 10 May 2019 13:37:02 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/illegitimacy-research.4256/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/illegitimacy-research.4256/invalid@example.com (Daft Bat)Daft Bat
Below are some ways that you can investigate further:

The child’s name

Sometimes, a mother will register the birth of a child with the father’s surname included as a middle name. This happened with Mary Ann Dean Cross, the daughter of Sarah Cross, and through further investigation it was discovered that she...

This child is fully aware that he is not John's son but everyone in the family has refused to discuss his illegitimacy. He was raised by Ruth as hers.

I suspect the child could be Ruth's and an unknown individual, or the result of a rape, or the child of one of his older unmarried...

ANOTHER ILLEGITIMACY TWIST]]>18A Catholic QuestionSun, 26 Aug 2018 22:05:46 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/a-catholic-question.9730/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/a-catholic-question.9730/invalid@example.com (Figgs)Figgs
When Jose married wife #2, her child was 5 years old and was NOT deemed as such! Time element??

I was friends with a lovely Jesuit priest/archivist from this church who sent me copies of all the family marriages and baptisms in the Jamaican RC records and should have asked him!!...

A Catholic Question]]>3Henrietta Winifred Mary THORNE b 26 Oct 1911Thu, 12 Apr 2018 07:57:25 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/henrietta-winifred-mary-thorne-b-26-oct-1911.9311/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/henrietta-winifred-mary-thorne-b-26-oct-1911.9311/invalid@example.com (kernowmaid)kernowmaid
In my trawl of the WW1 Service Records (WO 363) I have found her father - complete with Bastardy & Maintenance Orders.
There is one Tree on Ancestry - father unknown - so I assume he was not named on her Birth Certificate. (Have tried to contact the owner, who hasn't signed in for over a year, so I assume no longer a "member")

Anyone interested can see his details in the CLA section, pages 195577-195620.
His name was Henry Stephen CLASH.

A notice appeared of the child's father being £6 in arrears & ordered to catch up & continue payments of 10 shillings per week in 1924.

Did payment stop at...

Maintenance-birth quandary]]>9My grandfather J H Esp, abandoned at birth.Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:29:29 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/my-grandfather-j-h-esp-abandoned-at-birth.7509/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/my-grandfather-j-h-esp-abandoned-at-birth.7509/invalid@example.com (Chrissie Rivers)Chrissie Rivers
George and Fanny Head had no children of their own, but they looked after JH Esp until the time he got married in Nuneaton to Esther Scott in 1925.
There was a John Esp who...

Known Facts & Family Stories.]]>35Affiliation order : William Webster and Elizabeth GoodfellowWed, 10 Sep 2014 19:16:26 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/affiliation-order-william-webster-and-elizabeth-goodfellow.3486/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/affiliation-order-william-webster-and-elizabeth-goodfellow.3486/invalid@example.com (Stafford)Stafford and cannot remember where I found it or any help I may have received to find it. Searching hasn't helped.

I've attached it to Charles Webster Goodfellow born in Bury St Edmunds on the 9th September 1870 to Elizabeth Goodfellow. Looking at the dates I doubt the affiliation order...

Affiliation order : William Webster and Elizabeth Goodfellow]]>3illigitimate+DNASat, 06 Sep 2014 19:24:40 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/illigitimate-dna.3452/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/illigitimate-dna.3452/invalid@example.com (Annie1893)Annie1893
My question is could it be possible that my Fathers father was also the father of the rest of the children 5 in...

illigitimate+DNA]]>4Gaoled for bastardyFri, 29 Aug 2014 07:48:01 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/gaoled-for-bastardy.3382/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/gaoled-for-bastardy.3382/invalid@example.com (Stafford)Stafford
I have just found the record of a possible relative who was gaoled for 12 months hard labour for bastardy in 1811. She received a much harsher sentence then the males who received sentences of 2 to 3 months.]]>10Bastardy Records.Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:01:51 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/bastardy-records.3363/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/bastardy-records.3363/invalid@example.com (The Artful Dodger)The Artful Dodger
One involved a woman who would appear to have been involved with several different men over a period of time and had several children as a result. These births were in Cornwall and I have checked the OPC site with no success for her name as the instigator.

Where else may I find information?]]>19Trying to find Gt Grandfathers fatherTue, 13 May 2014 08:11:46 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/trying-to-find-gt-grandfathers-father.2239/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/trying-to-find-gt-grandfathers-father.2239/invalid@example.com (Sis)SisTrying to find Gt Grandfathers father]]>7Finding an illegitimate relative with no worthwhile information!Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:43:53 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/finding-an-illegitimate-relative-with-no-worthwhile-information.1721/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/finding-an-illegitimate-relative-with-no-worthwhile-information.1721/invalid@example.com (Angela)Angela
Some years ago, I was told that my maternal grandfather had fathered an illegitimate child by a young woman who was employed to help my grandmother with bringing up their children. I think that this would have been circa 1910 or perhaps a couple of years later.With no particular interest in finding out any details at the time, it is only lately I have given any thought to it.

Finding an illegitimate relative with no worthwhile information!]]>26An illegitimate birth - 25 January 1891Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:36:36 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/an-illegitimate-birth-25-january-1891.1351/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/an-illegitimate-birth-25-january-1891.1351/invalid@example.com (The Artful Dodger)The Artful Dodger
Susan Jane was born in Grade, Cornwall in 1869 to parents - William Henry and Mary Jane. William Henry was a Miller by trade and in 1871 was living in St. Keverne. He was 27 years old and already had 4 children + wife to support.

By 1880 the family had moved to Sithney. William Henry was still a Miller and...

An illegitimate birth - 25 January 1891]]>3Unusual bastardy bondFri, 23 Aug 2013 09:17:21 +0000https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/unusual-bastardy-bond.1212/
https://www.genealogy-specialists.com/threads/unusual-bastardy-bond.1212/invalid@example.com (Stafford)Stafford
" Bond of Thomas Hartopp of Keysoe, yeoman, and Sarah Fisher of Keysoe, widow, to Churchwardens and Overseers, in the sum of £40, to indenify the parish against charges for a bastard child likely to be born to Mary Coles of Keysoe, "now great with child", of which Thomas Hartopp is the reputed father. To pay 40s. for lying-in, and 1s. 6d. a week for maintenance, support, clothing, and education of the child. P48/15/9 15 May 1795"
National Archives...